Sash-cord fastener



L. LOWNDES.

SASH com) FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1919.

1,398,561, I Patented Nov. 29, 1921. i Y

. YNVENTOR' LOFTUS z.ow-oss,

rr on EY UNITED STTEIS LOFTUS LownnEs, or DUBLIN, RE AND.

SASH-CORD FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented N vies), 1921.

Application filed November 4, 1919. semi No. 335,734.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Lorrus LOWNDES, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Dublin, Dublin county, Ireland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Cord Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to improvements in sash cord fasteners for securing balanceweight cords or chains to up and down window sashes, sliding doors and similar structures' I The means heretofore employed for this purpose has been objectionable because it has been necessary to dismember the window frames and remove their sashes therefrom in order to gain access to the said means.

The object of the invention is to overcome this objection by the provision of 'a novel, simple and efficient fastener by means of which the sash cords or chains nray be quickly attached to or detached from window sashes and the like, for repairsand other purposes, and held in proper working relation thereto without the removal thereof from the frames in which they slide.

With the above and related objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, I

- Figure 1 is a front view, partly in section and broken away, of one of theupper corners of a window sash having a balanceweight cord attached thereto by a fastener embodying my invention. 3 s

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 3 is ahorizontalsection through the sash and fastener, on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 4 and 5 are front and side views, respectively, of the removable fitting of the fastener.

Figs. 6'and 7 are front and side views, respectively, of the permanent fitting of the fastener.

Referring to the drawings, 2 desigatesa portion of one of the upper corners of a window sash, having a, vertical groove 4 formed i'n the stile 5 thereof in the usual location for the reception ofone end portion of the cord 6, by means of which that side of the sash is suspended, within a window frame, the other end portionof th opening 18.

cord being adapted to be attached to a balance-weight, and the body of the cord being adapted to pass over a pulley journaled in the window frame when the sash is-raised and lowered therein in the usual well known manner. V

My improved fastener comprises two fittings 7 and 8. The fitting 7 is permanently attached to the sash 2 and is adapted to receive and retain the fitting 8; and the fitting 8 isremovable frOm thefitting 'T and the sash 2and is provided with means for having the cord 6 attachedthereto.

The permanent fitting? comprises a plate 9 and two spaced parts or arms 10 extending therefrom. The plate 9 is recessed into the wall of the stile 5 adjacent to the lowerend of the cord groove andthe platei9 is secured tothe stile-5 by screws 11 which penetrate the p1ate'9 and are screwed into the seated in the plate 9, so as to present a smooth, uninterrupted outer edge face for the window sash. The arms 10 extend inwardly from the upper portion ofthe plate 1 of the groove 4:.

' The removable fitting 8 comprises along arm 15 having a head 16 formed on the lower end thereof and provided with parts or projections 17 which extendoutwardly 'from opposite sides thereof. Thelong arm.

15 is made slightly concavo-convex incross section,and the head '16 has .a tapered opening 18 extending vertically therethrough.

The opening 18 is flared downwardly'and stile 5, and which have countersunk heads '9 and into the upper portion ofthe expandoutwardly and itis adaptedto receivethe lower expanded orknotted end 19 of the cord 6 and serve as a means. .for attaching the cord 6 to the fitting 8by preventing the enlarged or knotted end .19 of the cord from being drawn upwardly from within the The end of the cord 6 may be expandedto form the enlarged *end 19 by e w rpingepr i d t the cord, y

fitting extends from between the arms 10 of the permanent fitting up through the groove 4 to a point at or near the top of the sash '2 or upper open end of the groove a, and the projections 17 of the removable fitting extend outwardly beneath and in engagement with the horizontal faces let of the arms 10 of the permanent fitting 7. The upward pull of the cord 6 holds the projections 17 in engagement with the arms 10 causing the cord 6 to support'the sash 2; and the inclined faces 13 of the arms ,10, engaging the pro-' j ections 17 hold the removable fitting 8 back against the inner orba se wall 20 of the groove 4. As the longarm 15 extends upwardly from the back of the head 16, the arm 15'lies flat against the base wall and leaves plenty'of room in the groove 4. for the free working of the cord 67in the usual manner.

In assembling the. parts, the end of the cord 6 is expanded or knotted and passed upwardly through the opening 18 in the re movable fitting 8,'outside of the sash 2, until shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 to permit the head 16 and its projections 17 to pass down through the groove h lhe fitting 8 is then lowered into the groove l-jlliltll the head 16 passes down between the arms 10 and the 'top of the projections 17 are in a plane a little distancebelow the horizontal faces 14 of the arms 10 and at or near the lower ends of the inclined faces 1.3 of the arms 10. The

I fitting 8 is now given-a quarter turn to bring the projections 17 beneath the arms 10, and

'the'fitting 8 is then drawn upwardly until the top, of the projections 17 engage the horizontal faces 14L of the arms 10, thereby locking the. fittings? and 8 together and preventing the withdrawal of the lower end I ting 8 and cord 6 from the sash 2; and either operation maybe performed without removing the sash2 from the frame in :which it of the cord 6 from the lower'portion of the groove 1. During thisupward movement of V the fitting 8 to engagethe projections 17 with the arms 10, the inclined faces 18 force the fitting 8 back against the base wall 20 of the groove 4-, and, thereafter, retain the lit ting 81 in such position. A reversal of. the operation-just described will remove the fitslides, becauseth-e fitting. 8 may be manipw 'lsdxidi from a position above the upper open end of the groove 4: by the aid of any suitable tool or tools.

The upper end of the long arm 15 of the removable fitting 8 has 7 a hole 21 formed therein for the reception of a suitable tool or implement employed in adjusting the fitting 8 while it is being applied to or removed from the sash 2. I

The plate 9 of the permanent fitting 7 has a slot 22 formed therein which receives one of the projections 17 when the removable fitting 8 is applied to orrremoved from the permanent fitting 7.

I claim; as my invention: 7 1. In a device of the cha-racter'described,

a window sash having a cord-receiving groove therein, a permanent fitting comprising a member having two spaced parts projecting therefrom, and a removable fitting extending between said parts and having a head provided with'two parts projecting therefrom beneath the said parts of the permanent fitting and preventing its withdrawal therefrom, said removable fitting having a cord attached tiereto andbeing removable from the sash when the said part of the removable fitting is moved from be neath the said parts of the permanent fittudinally. j I

2. In a device of thecharacter described,

ting by turning the removable fitting longia window sash having a cord-receiving groove therein, a permanent fitting compr1s,

ing a member secured to, the sash below the top thereof and having two spaced parts projecting therefrom, and a removable fitting comprising an arm extending between said parts and through said groove from the permanent fitting to a point near the top of the sash and two parts projecting from the lower portion of the arm beneath the said parts of the permanent fitting'andv prevent- .ing the withdrawal of the'arm from the groove, said removable fitting having a cord attached to the lower portion thereof and be? ing removable from the sash when the said parts of the'removable fitting are moved from beneath thesaid parts oftheperma nent fitting by turning the removablenfitting longitudinally.

'3. In a device of 'thecharacter described, a window sash havlng a COICl TGCG1V1I1ggroove therein, a permanent fitting comprising a plate member secured toone side ofthe sash opposite to the base of the groove therein below the top thereof and having two spaced parts projecting inwardly therefrom toward the base of said groove and above the lowerv end thereof, and a removable fit ting comprising-an arm extending between said parts and through said groove from the permanent fittingto a point near the top 7 of the sashand two parts-projecting from the lower portion of the arm beneath; the 7 said parts of the (permanent fitting and pre ventingth with rat's are? the arinfreni the groove, said removable fitting having a cord attached to the lower portlon thereof and being removable from the sash when the nected to downwardly and outwardly .in-'

clined faces, and a removable fitting comprising an arm extending between said parts and through said groove from the permanent fitting to a point near the top of the sash and two parts projecting from opposite sides of the lower'portion of the arm beneath and engaging the horizontal faces of the said parts of the permanent fitting and preventing the withdrawal of the arm from the groove, said removable fitting having a cord attached to the lower portion thereof and being removable from the sashwhen the said parts of the removable fitting are lowered and moved from beneath the said parts of the permanent fitting by turning the removable fitting longitudinally, and said inclined faces of the per nanent fitting engaging the said parts of the removable fitting and holding it back in said groove.

5. In a device of the character described, a window sash having a cord-receiving groove therein formed with a narrow upper portion and an expanded lower portion, a

permanent fitting comprising a plate member secured to one side of the sash opposite to the base of the expanded portion of said groove and having two spaced parts projecting'therefrom into the expanded portion of said groove and forming continuations of the side walls of the narrow upper portion of said groove, and a removable fitting comprising an arm extending between said parts and through the narrow portion of the groove to a point near the .top thereof and two parts projecting from opposite sides of the lower portion of the arm and into the expanded portion of said groove beneath the said parts of the permanent fittingand pre-- venting the withdrawal of the arm from the groove, said removable fitting having a cord attached to the lower portion thereof and being removable from the sash when the said parts of the removable fitting are moved from beneath the said parts of the perma nent fitting by turningthe removable fitting longitudinally.

6. A fitting for sash cord fasteners comprising a vertical plate member provided with a bifurcated'upper end and two spaced parts projecting from the respective sides of its bifurcated end having substantially horizontal faces spaced from the plate member and also having inclined faces extending downwardly from the horizontal faces toward the plate member.

7. A fitting for sash cord fasteners comprising a long arm provided with a head on one of its ends having projections extending outwardly from opposite sides thereof and also having a tapered opening extending therethrough. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature hereto. c

LOFTUS LOWNDES. 

